DAYS OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN IN SKOLKOVO 2016

29.06.2016 — 01.07.2016

Organized by: Moscow Design Museum and IC Skolkovo

Location: IC Skolkovo, Hypercube

June 29 «SOCIETY». The first day will be opened with a session about the role of industrial design in the commercialization of innovations. Participants: representatives of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Skolkovo Innovation Center, Rostec Corporation and All-Russian Research Institute of Technical Aesthetics.

The key speaker of the day, Gergely Böszörményi-Nagy, will hold a talk about the Hungarian experience in the formation of the design industry. Prof. Matthijs van Dijk from the Reframing Studio will hold a presentation about innovations in the field of industrial design in the Netherlands. Sergei Smirnov, founder of SmirnovDesign, will hold a lecture about the importance of pre-studied research in industrial design in the field of medical technologies.

June 30 «FUTURE». The second day will be starting with a discussion about promoting industrial design in the regions. Later this day there will be lectures by Dutch designer Jonas Martens, а leading industrial designer from Denmark Boris Berlin and legendary Italian designer Mario Bellini.

July 1 «INNOVATION». The third Day will begin with the session organized by the Skolkovo Robotics Center “Robotics and industrial design”. Also, there will be lectures by Vladimir Pirozhkov, the president of the center for industrial design and innovation Astrarossa Design and Dmitriy Karpov, tutor at the British Higher School of Design. At the end of the day the results of the Hackathon will be announced.